@article{499858,
      recid = {499858},
      title = {A short state of the countries and trade of North America.  Claimed by the Hudson's Bay Company, under pretence of a  charter for ever, of lands without bounds or limits, and an  exclusive trade to those unbounded seas and countries;  Shewing The Illegality of the said Grant, and the Abuse  they have made of it; and the great Benefit Britain may  obtain by settling those Countries, and extending the Trade  amongst the Natives by civilizing and incorporating with  them, and laying a Foundation for their becoming Christians  and industrious Subjects of Great-Britain; and the  Necessity there is of a Parliamentary Enquiry into the  pretended Rights and exclusive Monopoly claimed by the said  Company, and their Abuse of the Grant. That those Countries  may be settled, either by fixing a Company under proper  Regulations and Restrictions, or by laying open the Trade  to all the British Merchants, and settling them, at the  Publick Expence, or by a moderate Tax upon that Trade.  [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {printed for J. Robinson in Ludgate-Street,},
      address = {London :},
      pages = {44p. ;},
      year = {1749},
      note = {Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton  Library.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/499858},
}